Peter Hanson has been named the European Tour’s Golfer of the Month for October after beating world number one Rory McIlroy to capture the BMW Masters in Shanghai.

Peter Hanson has been named the European Tour’s Golfer of the Month for October after beating world number one Rory McIlroy to capture the BMW Masters in Shanghai.

After out-voting fellow Tour winners Branden Grace and Shane Lowry, the Ryder Cup Swede said: “I’m a little bit shocked, but it is a very nice shock – and the first time in my career that I have won it.”

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